1 Chronicles 25:5-15

5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these were under the direction of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the ministry of the house of God, under the hand of the king, of Asaph, of Jeduthun, and of Heman.
7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that had understanding, was two hundred eighty-eight.
8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, the small as well as the great, the one with understanding as well as the disciple.
9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve;
10 the third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
11 the fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
12 the fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
13 the sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
14 the seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;

1 Chronicles 25:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 25

This chapter relates the appointment of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, to be singers in the temple, 1Ch 25:1-7 the distribution of them by lot into twenty four classes, twelve in each class, 1Ch 25:8-31.

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